A couple of weeks ago Crimea and Sevastopol almost unanimously voted to re-join Russia. The Crimeans said: we had been unappreciated guests, now we are returning home after a long voyage. The information coming to the surface now shows that if Crimea stayed as part of Ukraine, it would have become a huge NATO/US military base. I seriously doubt that the people of the Crimea would have stood for that, but if such a thing did happen, it would have meant WWIII as Russia would never allow it. From this perspective it’s especially clear why NATO, USA and EU were so shocked that Russia decisively accepted Crimea back. They already considered it theirs.

The city of Sevastopol is the prized possession. This is one of the best harbors in the world. But the entire Crimea is of huge strategic importance – first and foremost, if you want to attack Russia. In addition, Crimea is important for the control over other countries, including Iran and Turkey. As they say, he who controls Crimea, controls the Black Sea.

At least one hospital in Crimea’s capital Simferopol and at least one school in Sevastopol were targeted by the US/NATO just recently. They were planning on turning the hospital into a hospital for their troops after a massive renovation. One of the high schools (a gymnasium) in Sevastopol the Kiev authorities were about to sell to the US to be repurposed as a school for spies, targeting Russia. It was planned that the kids going to that school would be learning languages and spying techniques since an early age.

It appears Americans wanted to turn the Crimea into a massive military/navy/intelligence complex. The famous, one-of-a-kind Soviet underground submarine base in Balaklava, which is now the Museum of the Cold War, was visited in the past several years by at least 25 delegations from the Pentagon, US Navy, NATO and political circles. Kiev gave them access to super-secret Russian/Soviet sectors of the base, which were supposed to be off limits. They studied with great interest the secret documentation and technology.

In Sevastopol, called “the city of the Russian glory” and the “hero city,” the NATO and US navy ships and military have been present for years. The population greeted them with constant protests, which prevented some of the planned joint military exercises. Sometimes, the NATO ships had to leave because of the population’s resistance (protest footage on video below at 1:54). US/NATO ships in the Sevastopol harbor tried many times to “park” right in front of the Russian ships stationed there. As we know, Russia has been leasing its own base on its historic land for $100mln a year from Kiev.

Sevastopol had been the important base of the Russian Fleet since 1776.

In Crimea, the US financed very generously various media, NGOs and politicians, who would essentially become their agents. Of course, much of that was styled as support for democracy.

People of the Crimea felt deeply insulted by such attitude by the bought-and-paid-for Kiev and such disrespect of their heritage and wishes by the US/NATO. The readers of this blog are international. The majority are Americans, Europeans and Canadians. I write this for the people from all over the world so they would learn and understand things that their own governments and MSM hide or distort.

It probably isn’t a secret for the Americans how much they are hated around the world. It is because of such arrogance and blatant disregard for others that Americans will feel a lot of difficulty traveling and getting people to cooperate with them in the coming years – and I am putting this very mildly. It will be very hard for the Crimeans to forget the uninvited American ships in their harbor. Same is true for many, many people around the globe. And the way EU behaves, Europeans are quickly joining Americans in this unflattering lineup. Believe me, no one needed to convince Crimeans to re-join Russia. To them, NATO, EU and US signify slavery, while Russia signifies freedom.

The goal of all these plans was to turn Ukraine into a geopolitical black hole – a massive weapon against Russia on its borders. The diabolical nature of the plan was to pit against each other two very close, brotherly peoples, essentially to pit against each other two parts of a single culture; have them fight against their own interests and in the interests of the US. Hitler once said that only when they succeeded in making Russians living in Ukraine believe they were not Russian, would they win. US/EU almost succeeded in making it happen, but not quite.

I have spoken many times about this before, and I’ll say it again. All of these plans will backfire and the tedious process of the reversal of all the damage done will start soon. Ukraine will be disenchanted with the EU and US. The problem is, before this happens, Ukraine will completely destroy its economy and get to the point of near ruin. Unfortunately, Russia will have to support Ukraine, despite their horrific attitude towards Russia; when Ukraine realizes that it’s been had by the US/EU and turns back to Russia, unfortunately with a ruined economy, Russia will AGAIN have to shell out quite a bit to get it up and running.

This is not the first time. In such situation, Russia will have to decide pragmatically what parts of today’s Ukraine they are willing to help, and what parts – not.

People of the East and South of Ukraine feel the impending doom if they stay a part of Ukraine. This is why they will be very smart to secede. Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkov and Odessa have formed the people’s republics. I have more truly sensational breaking news on that topic – stay tuned for the next post!

Incidentally, Serbia is asking to join the Customs Union with Russia, although they are being dragged kicking and screaming into the EU. Previously, Turkey asked to join. And even Israel is considering joining – I know this sounds like a joke, but nevertheless.

Watch report about the failed US/NATO plans for the Crimea (in Russian). See the map of the Sevastopol harbor at 3:19. The Head of the Balaklava Cold War Submarine Museum: “Sevastopol wasn’t just a favorite dream for Turkey or the US. It’s one of the very best military harbors in the entire world. Inside the hidden Sevastopol harbor, there are 12 baby harbors. This is the unsurpassed navy base. They wanted it really bad.”

“April 24, 2014 — (TRN) — In the last 72 hours, there has been an extraordinary movement of U.S. military armor — by the trainload — from several points in the U.S. toward U.S. ports for shipment overseas . . . to Europe. Given the situation in Ukraine, this overt mobilization seems ominous. . . .”

Lada Ray is a shining light. Thank you for taking the time to look into her and her work, Jean. Her articles are a welcome addition! This new one is mind blowing and now I understand why Russia did not hesitate to welcome Crimea back. They are an intelligent bunch, staying calm while the wild animals run amok. Let’s hope this situation in Ukraine gets handled as soon as possible, even if that means the fall of the petrodollar to cut off their finances.

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death’s construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord yeah!
…

It was Ozzy btw, who in the early 70s compared war with black masses, and he is so deeply right…

You’re right. Government give-aways have ruined many a country. When I saw how broke the Ukraine was during all of this, you could tell the EU was on the way to take them all the way down. We are next if we don’t get our house inorder. Americans are doing for their homes and many communities and states but the Feds are sick, sick, sick.

Remember how old european countries are and how they were settled. We Americans have been lucky to have avoided fighting on our soil since the War between the States ended. There are unsatisfied feuds in Asia and Europe that fester and occasionally break out into skirmishes. It is the citizens who always pay the ultimate price for these actions. I have compassion for them. They want what we want, that is to work at a job that will support their families, to see their kids grow up without war scars and to sleep safely through the night, have Sunday dinners with the aunties and cousins, watch the kids frolic on the grass.
Someone said once that democracies only last 200-250 years. What happens then? Chaos? Reorganization back to the republic? Who can do that? The folks who caused the collapse? I don’t think so. IMHO, we need to clean house. Start fresh with new resolve and new talent. We could start with NO WAR… PERIOD. Keep our focus on our rebuild and let others do their own. We created a middle class that was wonderful and then destroyed it. WTF?
The road to prosperity for us does not go through the Ukraine.

JEAN!
Yesterday I listened to Neil’s latest and was extremely saddened when he shared with us that he had contacted a dear friend in Ukraine (South or East I do not remember) and was told that in early morning and early night black helicopters surveil and fire on civilians. Several people have been injured or killed and are reluctant to go outside….
Blessings!!
Johanna
Fostering Literacy for our World
@http://tunein.com/radio/RadioLiteracyOne-s202139/

Now this is very interesting news! It is like a fight for RUSSIA wanting the NAVEL BASE AT NORFOLK VA.! Now I understand the hassel over the UKRAINE AREA! What the hell is the matter with these not heads in WASHINGTON! They certainly are wanting to start the WW3! We were warned about the MILITARY INDUSTERIAL COMPLEX after WW2 by PRESIDENT DWIGHT B. EISENHAUOR! { Sorry about the spelling but you know who I mean }!